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мај 14th, 2008 Posted by Ana | Uncategorized | no comments

New design by Terhi Tuominen on ICFF in New York

Fold - New design by Terhi Tuominen will be shown at the ICFF -International Contemporary Furniture Fair, in New York alongside the Blackbird flock, which design experts have honoured through the red dot award: product design 2008.

The characteristic feature of the wood comes in its geometrical folds. With precision to the fine detailing acute angles are used to create the 3-dimensional surfaces given to the seat and backrest. Ultimately this results in an ultra smart, lightweight stackable dining chair.

Presented at the ICFF, North America’s premier event for contemporary design, the yearly fair draws the most diverse assemblage of design professionals to an extraordinary display of the world’s cutting-edge modern furniture, a rigorous curriculum of programs, and a full calendar of ancillary exhibits and features.

Blackbird - Red dot design award 2008

In one of the most renowned and hardest international design competitions, the red dot design award, the Blackbird by Terhi Tuominen has just received an honourable mention from the top-class expert jury.

With more than 3,200 products submitted to the competition, the product clearly stands out from the masses, because this year the design experts for the first time awarded honourable mentions to those products which distinguished themselves with particularly successful design details.

The festive awards presentation with more than 1,000 guests will take place in the Essen Opera House, the Aalto Theatre, on 23 June 2008.

мај 14th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | openings, blackbird, fold, icff, icff new york, Interior design, terhi touminen | no comments

Furo – Japanese authentic bath

At 2008 edition of the design week in Milan last April, Japanese two top designers Ryu Kosaka and Yukio Hashimoto presented an exclusive series of bathtubs and washbasins aiming to introduce a new philosophy of bathroom culture in Europe and in the world.

The “FURO - Japanese authentic bath exhibition” showed how Japanese “FURO” (the way of taking a bath), the local natural resources (like wood and natural lacquer) and the skills of a millenary artisan tradition can converge into new aesthetic expression.

Hinoki bathtub

Combining a contemporary fluid shape - a circle section and slightly rounded walls to natural materials, HINOKI bathtub designed by Ryu Kosaka exalts at best the Japanese artisan work as well as the qualities of Hinoki wood.

Beyond its beauty and tactile gentleness, the oil of this Japanese cypress wood is renowned for its healing essences and its relaxing effect. The essences of this wood not only protect the bathtub itself, they also protect and cure the skin of the body while having a relaxed bath.

Material 300 year old solid Japanese cypress with 4 side straight grain without knot. Hinoki wood is a precious, limited resource traditionally used for the construction of Japanese shrines, temples and statues of buddha.

Tomoe bathtub

This bathtub designed by Yukio Hashimoto catches the eye with its elegantn lacquered surface. Black on tender red colour and the modern oval shape create an interesting contrast. This bathtub shows how modern materials can perfectly unite with traditional finishes to obtain superior performances in durability and beauty.

Material finished by Urushi, Japanese natural lacquer, the oldest finishing with antibacterial performance and heat durability.

мај 14th, 2008 Posted by Tatjana Djordjevic | Interior design, trends 2008, bathtub, furo, furo japanese bath, hinoki, japanese design, tomoe | no comments